The 60th Independence Tennis Open is heating up at the National Park Tennis Courts, with just one day of play remaining after a packed schedule on Friday across the Open, Junior, and Novice categories. In the Men’s Open round of 16, Gerald Scotland secured a comfortable 6-2 victory over Leyland Leacock to advance, while Kevin...

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Police in Regional Division # 6 are investigating the discovery of ten AK-47 rifles which were found on Friday during an operation conducted along No. 11 Village Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. During the operation, ranks were conducting a stop-and-search exercise along the Berbice River Bridge Access Road between 01:00hrs and 04:30hrs, when a black Toyota...

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Some of Guyana’s finest athletic talent is set for a massive weekend of competition as the 10th annual Independence Road Race and Track Meet takes centre stage, fuelled by a renewed partnership between the overseas-based organisation Guyana Ex-Athletes and Friends Inc. and the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG). The action begins on Saturday morning at...

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(Kaieteur News) – Police in Regional Division No. 6 are investigating a major firearms bust after ten AK-47 rifles were discovered on Friday, May 22, 2026, during an operation along the No. 11 Village Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. According to police reports, ranks were conducting a stop-and-search exercise along the Berbice River Bridge Access Road between […]

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…shows country’s seriousness about correcting imbalances (Kaieteur News) – The Government of Guyana must seek more benefits for its citizens from the 2016 contract with ExxonMobil, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) said on Friday. The party at its weekly press conference told reporters that the renegotiation of the contract is by no means anti-business but […]

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…says tender process was above board (Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali on Friday defended the US multi-million-dollar contract with Lindsayca, the American energy company working on the Wales Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project saying the company was not handpicked but awarded the contract through a public tender process. At his first press conference for the year, President […]

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